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Chojlla tungsten mine

Mineral locality Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: wolframite, cassiterite.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Yungas tin tungsten veins mined since the early 1900s on the Takesi trail

Documented mine in Bolivian mineral references.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

steep trails

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